David Clancy
Foodie
730
Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:09 pm
A couch in Andy's house.
Haven't been to Morton's recently I guess?? Two 48 0z. Porterhouse/ two snifters of Louis Tres (that will cost you 1K alone!) Never mind the Opus One and a bottle of Silver Oak for good measure and YOUR THERE!! (not counting the sides....) I have seen parties of two drop 2K on their dinner and not even flinch......different worlds and worlds apart from me, and for that, I am glad! Still, 100$ on a 1K bill seems a touch out of line. If you have the cash, at least compensate your server accordingly...last I checked, that is 10%..JMHO Oops..Didn't want that to read wrong as I was responding to the 10% actually left....I leave 20% even if the sevice blows!.....Christian Dreisbach wrote:I am sure this has been discussed before but I did a search in the forum and couldn't locate a thread...
We overheard some servers discussing how cheap a table was because they has a gigantic bill ($1000+) and only tipped $100. I got to thinking that there was no possible way that 6 people spent $1000+ on food (at this particular restaurant) so I assume they purchased a couple bottles of expensive wine. If you buy $500+ in wine but it's only 2 or 3 bottles do standard tip rules apply? Sadly, I'm not in this position very often but I spent some time thinking about it and wondered what others thought...
Jackie R. wrote:Beth K. wrote:Servers are taxed (income-wise) according to their "sales."
A server's tax liability is a minimum of 8% of their pre-taxed, post-promo sales. At the time of checkout, the server keys an amount into the computer for the day's claim. Most waitstaff do not claim more than the minimum. And I do stress, "most" - of course there are some that fear auditting or may plan on applying for a loan.
Doogy R
Foodie
1862
Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:15 pm
The purlieus of Louisville, KY
Jeffrey D. wrote:Not to be too picky, but under tax law, servers are required to report as income 100% of all tips received, cc, cash or otherwise (if there is an "otherwise"). There is no tax law basis to excuse reporting all earned income. It is the historical and chronic failure to do so (i.e., tax cheating) that has caused policies or regulations to be adopted which assume the server makes at least 8% of sales and so forth. Were all tips accurately reported as income, as required by law, no artificial assumptions of income would be necessary. Sorry to rain on the parade.
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